Ironing-table



(No Model.)

S. H. WEST.

IRONING TABLE.

No. 385,892. Patented July 10, 1888.

WITNESSES INVENTOR BY ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT UEEICE.

SAMUEL HARRY IVEST, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

lRONlNG-TABLE.

$PBCIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,892, dated July 10,1888.

Application filed September 13, 1887. Serial No. 249,570. (No molel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HARRY Wns'r, of New Orleans, in the parish ofOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Ironing Tables, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in ironing-tables; and itconsists in an ironingboard mounted on the edge of a table and havingclamps for holding the piece to be ironed, which may be readily securedand released, all constructed and arranged as hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing-table, showing myimprovement with the clamps for holding the piece to be ironed in alocked position; and Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the projection withthe clamps unlocked.

In constructing my invention I secure in any suitable manner to the endof an ironingtable, 1, a rest or projection, 2, of any suitable shape toserve as an ironing-board, and which is hereshown as adapted toshirt-bosoms. In a bracket, 1, secured to a corner of the table adjacentto the board 2, is pivoted aclamp, 3, which abuts against the end ofsaid board, and is held in locked position by a spring, 4, or by anyother suitable means. Against the outer end of the board 2 abuts aclamp, 5, mounted on an upright, 6, pivoted to a bracket, 7, extendingfrom the support 8 at the end of the table. The lower end of the upright6 is connected with the support 8 by a toggle-jointed brace, 8,consisting of the parts 9 and 10, hinged at 11 to the support 8, and tothe upright 6 by a hinge, 12, the two parts 9 and 10 being hingedtogether by the hinge 13. The brace 8 is held in closed posi tion by aspring, 14, which also serves to tilt the pivoted upright 6 outward whenbrace S is thrown up, and hold it in an open position, as shown in Fig.2. The upright 6 is pivoted on a projection, 15, of the bracket 7, whichhas the beveled cut-away portion 16 and the removable pin 17, whichpermits the upright 6 to be thrown into the position shown in Fig. 2.

\Vhen it is desired to iron a piece, as ashirtbosom, the spring-clamp 4is moved back and the clamp 3 is raised out of the way, as shown in Fig.2, and the brace 8- thrown up by means of the foot, or in any otherconvenient way, which causes the upright 6 to be tilted back, as shown.After the piece has been placed upon the projection or rest 2, its endsare clamped in position thereon by lowering the pivoted clamp 3 andallowing the spring 4 to clamp it, and by pushing down the parts 9 and10 ofbraee S, which throws the upright 6 into a vertical position andbrings the clamp 5 against the other end of the piece to be ironed. Thetension of spring 14, acting upon brace S and upright 6, holds thelatter in closed position.

By means of this device the piece to be ironed is securely held inplace, and is readily clamped in position and unclamped.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a support and anironing-board projecting therefrom, ofaswinging clamp for engaging theouter end of the ironing-board, a jointed brace hinged to the lower endof the clamp and to the support, and a spring for holding the brace ineither a closed or open position, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a support and an ironing-board projectingtherefrom, of a lever pivoted to a bracket projecting from the support,a clamp on the upper end of the lever for engaging the end oftheironing-board, and a sectional and hinged brace having its endshinged to the support and to the lower end of the clamp carrying lever,substantially as herein shown and described.

3. An attachment for ironing-tables, consisting of the following partsin combination, viz: a rest or ironing-board, 2, secured to the table, apivoted clamp, 3, at one end, held in locked position by a spring-catch,4c, a l 14, connected to the upright 6, to hold it in clamp, 5, mountedon the upright 6, pivoted open or closed position, substantially as detothe projection 7, having a beveled outscribed.

away portion, 16, and a projection, 15, the re- SAMUEL HARRY WEST.movable pin 17, the brace 8, consisting of Vitnesses: the parts 9 and10, hinged to the support 8 N. B. TRIST,

and upright 6, and support 8, and the spring JNo. DEMAREST.

